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Condensed heavy display sans
Raceday
Raceday is a condensed heavy display sans in white on orange: very tall caps with flat terminals, narrow counters, a low crossbar on the A and tight spacing, set across the top of the plate above a motorsport photograph, so the word reads as a race livery rather than a poster headline.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Sturdy stroke walls and open counters weed cleanly on adhesive vinyl, HTV apparel film, and cut cardstock.
Plotter & output verdictEasy-Weed Vinyl & Print Ready
Recommended minimum scale0.75 in+ cap height
Character set & structureAll-Caps Display Alphabet
OpenType & PUA accessStandard Latin, Figures & Punctuation
Best surfaces & mediaWedding Suites · Foil Envelopes · Boutique Logos
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Raceday.
The word is set edge to edge and the drawing is a grotesque compressed and thickened at once: the stems are wide, the counters are narrow slits, and the shoulders are squared, which keeps the letters distinct even at extreme proportions. The flat terminals and the low crossbar give it a technical, decal-like feel, and the tight spacing lets a long word fill the width without a second line. Because the weight and the compression both push hard, the face works only at display sizes, and the specimen respects that by setting one word large with three small tracked captions at the corners. Below the word, a photograph of two racing cars on a track runs to the edges, and the orange ground is the only other colour.
Condensed, heavy, sporty, modern
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Raceday’s stroke geometry.
Cover for a motorsport annual
A condensed heavy sans gives a motorsport cover the look of a livery decal, and the narrow width fits a long event name across the top while a photograph fills the lower half.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the title at 110 mm cap height across 230 mm, the subtitle in a 10 pt grotesque, and the year at 9 pt. Keep the title on a flat band and let the photograph run full bleed beneath it.
Pre-production check
Check the title at 110 mm, where narrow counters can close on uncoated stock; proof the cover. Confirm the 10 pt subtitle reads at newsstand distance and that the title holds at thumbnail size online.
Livery mark for a racing team
A condensed heavy mark reads at speed on a moving vehicle, and the flat-sided letters survive being cut in vinyl and applied to a curved panel.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Cut a 600 mm door panel: the team name at 140 mm cap height, a 12 mm minimum stroke, and 20 mm clear between letters. Keep the vinyl to two colours and test one panel on a curved surface before the full set.
Pre-production check
Check the panel at 140 mm on a curve, where the outer letters distort; reduce the width or split the name. Confirm the mark reads at fifty metres and that the vinyl edges stay down after a wash.
Poster for a track day
A condensed sans gives a track day poster the language of a race entry, and the heavy weight reads from a pit lane where a light display would disappear.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A2 portrait: the event at 140 mm cap height, the timetable in an 12 mm mono, and the date at 30 mm. Keep 25 mm margins, print two colours, and align the timetable to a strict column at the left.
Pre-production check
Check the poster at six metres, where the narrow counters can merge; open the tracking. Confirm the 12 mm timetable reads at two metres and that the date sits on the same baseline as the column.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Sans serif · Condensed heavy display sans
- Foundry / creator
- Pian45
- Language support
- Multilingual character support stated by creator
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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